The Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is a monument in (present-day) East Wenatchee, Washington, dedicated to Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., the two men who made the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean. They departed from Misawa, Japan, on October 4, 1931, and they landed near this site 41 hours later.[2] The memorial is northeast of East Wenatchee and it consists of a 14-foot-high (4.3 m), 14-ton (13 t) basalt column atop a concrete base. The column is topped by 36-inch (91 cm) wings made of aluminum.
This was in an unincorporated area in 1931, but the town of Wenatchee, Washington, was nearby. It was Mr. Pangborn's home town. [3]

Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	East Wenatchee, Washington
Coordinates	47°26′35″N 120°16′48″W
Architect	Graham, Walter
NRHP reference No.	72001269[1]
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972

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• Young, Don; Young, Marjorie (1999). Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest, Hunter Publishing, Inc.